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it happened with katrina in 2005. victims sued fema and actually won. you can sue for gross negligence. it is a contract. here is what i argue to this gentleman on the screen and other people there. as a woman who had literary her roof blown off i am not unbiased on this. you have a contract with fema. we all do, to take kay of discuss protect us if a hall disaster like this. if they do not come through, which they have not in a month for many people as we have seen you can sue for breach of contract, gross negligence. >> two words: sovereign immunity you cannot sue a federal government or the agencies unless they give up a waiver. there is an exception of the gross negligence and willful conduct but that is not what he was saying, they have 475,000 people to need. for us be able to manage the catastrophe, the storm of a century, it is impossible for us to get there and give them the help they need under the immediate circumstances. >>lis: we are talking a month. >>guest: right now we have to do a look and see. >>lis: look and see? look and see? >>guest
it happened with katrina in 2005. victims sued fema and actually won. you can sue for gross negligence. it is a contract. here is what i argue to this gentleman on the screen and other people there. as a woman who had literary her roof blown off i am not unbiased on this. you have a contract with fema. we all do, to take kay of discuss protect us if a hall disaster like this. if they do not come through, which they have not in a month for many people as we have seen you can sue for breach of...
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i think was worse than katrina. liz: it is in many respects worse than katrina, more power outages, more homes destroyed. that meeting was a mob last night. people were brought to tears. we only got $150 in insurance checks, 700 people, lashing out at both sides of the aisle, doing things like telling people the air quality is okay when it is not. this is coming at the time when the fiscal cliff negotiations, this shows a perfect example of the distractions focusing on big guzzler sodas or bicycle lanes in new york city when this is what the government should be doing, protecting people from natural disasters. stuart: why would you expect the government to be the best agency to take care of emergencies like this? is the only agency, i understand that the government does not do a good job. why do we expect them to be stellar, efficient performers? liz: clearly lowering expectations shows in disasters like this, people helping each other, charities stepping in and regular people helping each other is what this story w
i think was worse than katrina. liz: it is in many respects worse than katrina, more power outages, more homes destroyed. that meeting was a mob last night. people were brought to tears. we only got $150 in insurance checks, 700 people, lashing out at both sides of the aisle, doing things like telling people the air quality is okay when it is not. this is coming at the time when the fiscal cliff negotiations, this shows a perfect example of the distractions focusing on big guzzler sodas or...
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and to compare it to katrina, katrina lost more lives. we lost too many lives, but not close to katrina. but in other ways it's much more devastating than katrina. right now in new york 305,000 homes are seriously damaged or gone. kirsten showed the pictures of some of them that are just gone by fire because the water systems failed, and the wind -- then the electrical systems got shorted; fire, wind. and the, so 305,000 homes seriously damaged or gone. just in new york up to now, there are going to be more that we'll learn about because the flooding is still there in lots of the basements. these are low-lying houses. there were 214,000 total homes gone in katrina of the same level of damage. businesses, 265,000 -- this is just new york. bob will talk about, and frank talked about new jersey which has similar levels of damage. in katrina 18,000 businesses. because of the density of the population, it is a much greater economic impact on our region, of course, and on the nation. than otherwise. so despite all this pain we can't entirely fa
and to compare it to katrina, katrina lost more lives. we lost too many lives, but not close to katrina. but in other ways it's much more devastating than katrina. right now in new york 305,000 homes are seriously damaged or gone. kirsten showed the pictures of some of them that are just gone by fire because the water systems failed, and the wind -- then the electrical systems got shorted; fire, wind. and the, so 305,000 homes seriously damaged or gone. just in new york up to now, there are...
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these homes have been handed down from generation -- >> steve: it's bigger than katrina. >> it is in terms of the houses destroyed. yet houses that are uprooted and houses that never can be rebuilt where they are right now, you have to raise them, tremendous capital investment that has to be made. >> brian: i just think the governors and leadership have these trailers. they're already made. they just need to be delivered. no one -- >> that's not a solution. >> brian: no but it is a short-term solution because there is heat and running water because you can begin to rebuild. >> i think the frustration is less on the temporary housing housing and what the long-term slew us is. how are they going to rebuild if they don't have insurance? >> brian: i challenge you on that. it's freezing and there is no hotels. and these people need to be able to take a shower. >> steve: people living in their cars. >> brian: i'm seeing it. >> i am not going to object -- i think most of the people are housed now temporarily. i don't think the problem is for tomorrow. i don't think that it's accurate to por
these homes have been handed down from generation -- >> steve: it's bigger than katrina. >> it is in terms of the houses destroyed. yet houses that are uprooted and houses that never can be rebuilt where they are right now, you have to raise them, tremendous capital investment that has to be made. >> brian: i just think the governors and leadership have these trailers. they're already made. they just need to be delivered. no one -- >> that's not a solution. >>...
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presidential visits, americas cup here, most recently helping with the city and the coast guard and even katrina and the gulf war spill most recently. closer to home the golden gate bridge connects not only our park lands but our communities. since 9/11 it really has connected our law enforcement public safety officials even more seriously and with greater intent as we protect the bridge from any threat. americas cup, the races here have fostered even greater coordination and partnership with the department of emergency management in the city, city fire department, city police department and the coast guard. and we look forward to working with san francisco and our local governments and the military to make our emergency planning even more effective. so, thank you again for your time and we'll see you out in the park. (applause) >> thank you. i learned a lot on that talk i didn't know. that was great. it's now my pleasure to introduce our speaker, keynote speaker for this morning. but before i do that, i want to recognize his wife. it is an honor for many women who are married to significant dig
presidential visits, americas cup here, most recently helping with the city and the coast guard and even katrina and the gulf war spill most recently. closer to home the golden gate bridge connects not only our park lands but our communities. since 9/11 it really has connected our law enforcement public safety officials even more seriously and with greater intent as we protect the bridge from any threat. americas cup, the races here have fostered even greater coordination and partnership with...
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in some ways the property devastation was worse than hurricanes katrina and rita combined. in some ways. in new york state alone sandy destroyed more than 300,000 homes. that's a lot of homes that have to be rebuilt. and as cnn's national correspondent deborah feyerick discovered, it means a lot of homeowners are looking for answers. >> reporter: when superstorm sandy hit, peggy thought she was ready. she paid decades worth of insurance premiums to be covered for catastrophe. so this is the letter basically denying -- >> i went to the office and this is what they gave me. >> reporter: she says her claim was denied. her deluxe homeowners policy covered hurricane and wind, not floods. >> she said you're not entitled to anything. you don't have flood insurance. >> reporter: down the block, tom sullivan was having a similar problem with a different insurance company. >> the water was coming out of the tubs, out of the toilet. >> reporter: after initially being told he would get $10,000 for sewer backup, he was then told no because his damage was caused by the storm surge. when
in some ways the property devastation was worse than hurricanes katrina and rita combined. in some ways. in new york state alone sandy destroyed more than 300,000 homes. that's a lot of homes that have to be rebuilt. and as cnn's national correspondent deborah feyerick discovered, it means a lot of homeowners are looking for answers. >> reporter: when superstorm sandy hit, peggy thought she was ready. she paid decades worth of insurance premiums to be covered for catastrophe. so this is...
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now, for hurricane katrina it's $110 billion. the way it breaks down is $43 billion all in for new york state, about $30 billion for new jersey. add about $41 billion for new york, it's $19 billion for new york city and another $9 billion in costs to protect the power grid going forward. so, yes, hurricane sandy ranks near the top of all u.s. natural disasters in terms of cost, but it doesn't approach the full cost of hurricane katrina right now, jenna. jenna: some important context for us there, liz. who's going pay for the billions and billions? >> yeah, that's an important question. 75% of the reimbursement costs for things like mass transit is covered by the federal government; but now new york state and new jersey are asking the federal government to pay potentially 90% to 100%, and governor andrew cuomo of new york is saying, you know what? he does not want new york taxpayers to pay anything towards the cost of hurricane sandy. here is governor cuomo on that. >> to try to finance that through taxes would incapacitate this s
now, for hurricane katrina it's $110 billion. the way it breaks down is $43 billion all in for new york state, about $30 billion for new jersey. add about $41 billion for new york, it's $19 billion for new york city and another $9 billion in costs to protect the power grid going forward. so, yes, hurricane sandy ranks near the top of all u.s. natural disasters in terms of cost, but it doesn't approach the full cost of hurricane katrina right now, jenna. jenna: some important context for us...
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the total dollars in katrina were the subject of about six separate appropriations. so as time went on, they found more and more damage, which is normally the way these things tend to unfold. we did the best we could to come up with a snapshot of the damage now. >> and that snapshot has some comparisons that show more power outages, more homes destroyed, and a whole lot more mess here in new york compared to what was in louisiana and obviously maybe, ed, you talk about this. there's a bit of campaigning that goes on. you want to make the best case for your town, for your city, for your state. and washington either provides or it doesn't. how much is borne locally and -- that's a subject to negotiations. >> what is that number? in the 42 billion that cuomo is talking about? >> i think he's talking about 9 in new york and another huge number for 42 for the state. it's unclear. >> i want to know how much of that is -- that seems like a big number. >> it's a big number. >> i thought about connecticut. connecticut was -- >> how do i respond to you without dissing louisian
the total dollars in katrina were the subject of about six separate appropriations. so as time went on, they found more and more damage, which is normally the way these things tend to unfold. we did the best we could to come up with a snapshot of the damage now. >> and that snapshot has some comparisons that show more power outages, more homes destroyed, and a whole lot more mess here in new york compared to what was in louisiana and obviously maybe, ed, you talk about this. there's a bit...
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great state of new york yesterday say that the cost of this particular super storm exceeds the cost of katrina in dollars. >> brian: you talk about residents, that's one challenge. what about businesses? people that live in business and try to live off their business? donna is being hugged by the president and has a inry in a that was destroyed. and guess what the insurance said? we only covered water that comes down. not that comes up. she asked the president for help. she joined us earlier. she's really disheartened. >> i was very excited and felt warm by the embrace thinking this is really going to happen. i'm going to get the help i need because he promised that. and it's been almost a month now and i've gotten no help and gotten nothing but no, you're not covered for this. no, you're not covered for that. and it's because of the way the storm hit and the water rising that i'm not covered for any contents in the entire business. i expected, when i was introduced to director of fema and the president told him to get me immediate help, i thought i was getting help from fema itself. not that
great state of new york yesterday say that the cost of this particular super storm exceeds the cost of katrina in dollars. >> brian: you talk about residents, that's one challenge. what about businesses? people that live in business and try to live off their business? donna is being hugged by the president and has a inry in a that was destroyed. and guess what the insurance said? we only covered water that comes down. not that comes up. she asked the president for help. she joined us...
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when katrina happened? george bush's second term. when barack obama was elected the first time, they summed it up with this head line. "black man given nation's worst job." that was for the start of his first term. might be more apt for second term. the second term is when the job turns out to be a difficult job for presidents. if you go back to woodrow wilson in his second term trying to join the league of nations, that was pretty much the end of wilson. that was his second term. when it was truman in his second term during the korean war, he fired general mcarthur. the country responded by throwing parades for the general who got fired. and harry truman left office with approval ratings that dick cheney would kill for, but for everyone else would see that as a disaster. second terms are almost always seen as a disaster, then at least when the big disappointments happen and often the failures. when the soviet union beat us, when the soviet union beat the united states to put the first space satellite into orbit, when no nation had p
when katrina happened? george bush's second term. when barack obama was elected the first time, they summed it up with this head line. "black man given nation's worst job." that was for the start of his first term. might be more apt for second term. the second term is when the job turns out to be a difficult job for presidents. if you go back to woodrow wilson in his second term trying to join the league of nations, that was pretty much the end of wilson. that was his second term....
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wish for a lot horrid things in order to get the public alarmed like they tried to do with hurricane katrina. >>neil: the wind at their back, comments from new york governor cuomo, this is indisputable proof of dangers of community change and what happens, so, when they use american politicians to make their point, is it the next step to get more american money to rectify this point? >>guest: what they trying to do and president obama said this in his convention speech, he said it if americans can something about floods, hurricanes, droughts tornado as though the ballot box you can vote yourself better weather. or, second, they are implying we can legislate better weather much the mayor in new york said we need to take immediate action not to shore up shorelines, but to try to prevent bad weather in the future despite the impact that low co0 -- co2 hungs -- hurricanes remain much worse but the idea of a carbon tax is being floated and the idea of regulations and climate measures we could take are going to impact our weather, this is now reaching a level of the mayan calendar for science. "ne
wish for a lot horrid things in order to get the public alarmed like they tried to do with hurricane katrina. >>neil: the wind at their back, comments from new york governor cuomo, this is indisputable proof of dangers of community change and what happens, so, when they use american politicians to make their point, is it the next step to get more american money to rectify this point? >>guest: what they trying to do and president obama said this in his convention speech, he said it...
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hurricane katrina. you can see it's following a very, very similar pattern there and the expectation is that it will come down again on thursday to 390,000. one more thing i want to look at is gdp during katrina. a slowdown during katrina you can see right there, that's third from the right there. that's the quarter it happened. second from the right is the quarter after and then you can see the pop in the first quarter of '06. drag on growth of commerce and economic activity disrupted followed by a rebound as rebuilding begins in earnest. we're looking for a revised number on gdp but a weaker quarter in the fourth quarter. the overridie inine ining gdp i sandy but the fiscal cliff. >> steve liesman. online retailers stacking up the deal offerings on this cyber-monday. still ahead, ceo of home shopping network gives us a read on traffic that company has been seeing thus far. plus, tyler and cameron winklevoss headed to post 9. we're back in two. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader strea
hurricane katrina. you can see it's following a very, very similar pattern there and the expectation is that it will come down again on thursday to 390,000. one more thing i want to look at is gdp during katrina. a slowdown during katrina you can see right there, that's third from the right there. that's the quarter it happened. second from the right is the quarter after and then you can see the pop in the first quarter of '06. drag on growth of commerce and economic activity disrupted followed...
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we sit today and how well we've come through this storm. >> host: now, what has been improved since katrina in 2005 or even this past summer or 9/11 b? >> guest: well, it's interesting. i was thinking about our discussion today, and i was thinking a little bit about 9/11. so i think part of what's improved, peter, is that we're a team that we ourselves are resilient. we know how to handle major disaster, and i think going through 9/11 toughened up the entire team. i think it also reminded us that we have a very vast company here with assets and networks across wireless, wire line, traditional wire line fios that together both in providing normal services and in times of recovery really give us the power to respond to customers faster. i also think, again, if we go back in recent times our dedication to making sure that the back-up power works, that it's reliable, we run it monthly on our generators, sometimes weekly, and we're prepared and we plan for these outages. so i think that's been a strong reminder also, peter. >> host: now, mr. mudge, according to reports about 25% of cell towers w
we sit today and how well we've come through this storm. >> host: now, what has been improved since katrina in 2005 or even this past summer or 9/11 b? >> guest: well, it's interesting. i was thinking about our discussion today, and i was thinking a little bit about 9/11. so i think part of what's improved, peter, is that we're a team that we ourselves are resilient. we know how to handle major disaster, and i think going through 9/11 toughened up the entire team. i think it also...
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second touch stone is destruction of american cities which is katrina. third touch stone is the financial collapse. >> most households have enough supplies for a few days, some are moving to remote locations, stockpiling food and medicine and anticipating a catastrophic event. >> you are the opposite of the mayan calendar people who have no investment in reality. >> the preppers on our show are being thought of as a worldwide level. you see banks is one of them. >> believing that radio active fallout from japan will contaminate the food chain there is food bank that can grow radiation food. >> they may look at supplies and say, are you kidding me? but if something happens, i win this game. people that aren't prepared, they lose this game. >> on a much larger scale, to withstand an earthquake the global seed fault, about 800 miles from the north pole stores about 750,000 different crop varieties. >> i think the thinking and logic of the food bank is valid. why not have an insurance policy just in case. however, the bad side it could take off. people could
second touch stone is destruction of american cities which is katrina. third touch stone is the financial collapse. >> most households have enough supplies for a few days, some are moving to remote locations, stockpiling food and medicine and anticipating a catastrophic event. >> you are the opposite of the mayan calendar people who have no investment in reality. >> the preppers on our show are being thought of as a worldwide level. you see banks is one of them. >>...
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. >> bill: remr the >> remember the cuban missile crisis y2k, 9-11 the katrina? those are events that felt like the end of the world was coming. in these uncertain times people are worried about other kinds of doomsday and they plan on surviving. >>> it looshks like another cyb attack on the united states banks. >> recent cyber attacks on large u.s. financial institutions could have doomsday style consequences. that has our government concerned. >> attackers could also seek to disable or de frayed critical military systems and communication networks. the collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber pearl harbor. we have an insane regime run by people who psychotic who may act on their same thoughts. with that we could have a nuclear poll cost. they have a variety of people they are concerned about everything from tsunami, earthquakes, huk layer blast. a reality program on the national go traffic channel at 9:00 p.m. there are three touchdowns in terms of events that happen. the first touchdown is 9-11. the third is destruction of american cities w
. >> bill: remr the >> remember the cuban missile crisis y2k, 9-11 the katrina? those are events that felt like the end of the world was coming. in these uncertain times people are worried about other kinds of doomsday and they plan on surviving. >>> it looshks like another cyb attack on the united states banks. >> recent cyber attacks on large u.s. financial institutions could have doomsday style consequences. that has our government concerned. >> attackers...
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of to the rooftops to power generators so that we could have cell sites working. >> let's go back to katrina in 2005. what investment have wireless companies done to improve the reliability? >> in every instance possible, putting in backup power. we put towers in on church steeples, on the side of buildings in major metropolitan areas. in closets within buildings. it becomes difficult in certain areas to have backup power. the carriers try to put in batteries were the cannot put in generators. where they can put in generators, the put in as much fuel as allowed. when you are working with building codes or resigning -- zoning restrictions or environmental laws and limitations, you have to work within those confines. the carrier's learned something with every natural disaster, every storm the face. they learn, what is the right for to put equipment on the tax touch fuel do you need? -- -- right floor to put equipment on, how much fuel do you need? they learn how to coordinate with first responders in advance. we meet with the mat and the department of homeland security and fcc -- fema and the
of to the rooftops to power generators so that we could have cell sites working. >> let's go back to katrina in 2005. what investment have wireless companies done to improve the reliability? >> in every instance possible, putting in backup power. we put towers in on church steeples, on the side of buildings in major metropolitan areas. in closets within buildings. it becomes difficult in certain areas to have backup power. the carriers try to put in batteries were the cannot put in...
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have codified it in policy over the years and certainly things have advanced since 9/11 and hurricane katrina, but there has been a real gap in detailed preplanning for emergency response, particularly as it works its way down the chain into the tactical forces that would respond, most specifically i think those on active duty. this is an area that we don't tend to pay a lot of attention to and very often when it comes we tray to look the other way. i believe that we have been reasonably responsive in immediate response, immediate response by doctrine and policy are military dod authorities moving out their gates into their neighborhoods when a disaster hits right next door. i mean, that seems to make sense. we have good relationships at our bases and stations and the ability to roll out and assist is something you would expect to work out pretty well. some of that has matured, in fact. in the state of california we have established a number of agreements, most particularly the wildfires where both third fleet and the expeditionary force assign helicopters in the need we are requested, it's p
have codified it in policy over the years and certainly things have advanced since 9/11 and hurricane katrina, but there has been a real gap in detailed preplanning for emergency response, particularly as it works its way down the chain into the tactical forces that would respond, most specifically i think those on active duty. this is an area that we don't tend to pay a lot of attention to and very often when it comes we tray to look the other way. i believe that we have been reasonably...
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in 2005, think back to hurricane katrina. in 2001, president bush appointed joseph, the chief of staff in texas and the 2000 campaign manager, but no emergency management experience. under president bush, the number of political appointees went from 27-38. he brought in michael brown, his college roommate. now in 2003, michael brown took over fema. he also had no previous emergency experience, the u.s. commission of the international an arabian horse association which was his qualification. hurricane katrina hits new orleans, brown took control of the relief effort, but it was a disaster both literally and figuratively. you may remember president bush said, you're doing a heck of a job. it became clear that he could not handle it, and he was replaced by the coast guard, a career professional that handle the and a good job. of course, the katrina disaster was not all brown's fault. the appointment is an illustration of the problem, an increasing number of appointees, the lack of emergency management experience, layers of polit
in 2005, think back to hurricane katrina. in 2001, president bush appointed joseph, the chief of staff in texas and the 2000 campaign manager, but no emergency management experience. under president bush, the number of political appointees went from 27-38. he brought in michael brown, his college roommate. now in 2003, michael brown took over fema. he also had no previous emergency experience, the u.s. commission of the international an arabian horse association which was his qualification....
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. >> a lot of criticism of fema in katrina days and today you hear nothing but good things about fema. >> i thank craig fugate who lives and breathes this stuff. >>neil: for many, the rescue efforts have become heck of a joke with folks in the northeast fuming because the help isn't coming. though they are trying. no gas. no food. no power. >> homes being looted. >> the coast guard is not here to help. or the federal government. or the city. >> walk in the streets here, the water is this high. i am wearing waders. >> i don't know what the people are doing patting themselves on their back. i got people on staten island and new jersey and long island, my son lost his house, people are living with no houses over their head, people on staten island crying their eyes out and they don't have water. just be real. these people need help. >> many on staten island say it is the forgotten borough. >> fed up. fed up. this line, that line, what are we in is this america? >> fema just arrived. >> don't have anything anywhere to go. no clothes. >> people still hurting. they still looking for people.
. >> a lot of criticism of fema in katrina days and today you hear nothing but good things about fema. >> i thank craig fugate who lives and breathes this stuff. >>neil: for many, the rescue efforts have become heck of a joke with folks in the northeast fuming because the help isn't coming. though they are trying. no gas. no food. no power. >> homes being looted. >> the coast guard is not here to help. or the federal government. or the city. >> walk in the...
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first i want to look at sandy and katrina. because we were lucky, i made this chart before we went on. and turns out the estimate was exactly right. if you have that graphic, i don't know if you have that graphic. let's see if you have that graphic. i'm holding here for five, four, maybe not. what it shows is that there it is, that's katrina in the blue, and that's sandy in the green. you can see the pop there and it's come down. so another week of elevated jobless claims would be normal here. continuing claims too early, that's a week behind to show up here. so we're right in the range of where you would expect to be if sandy was an event along the lines of katrina. next thing is this sentiment number. you had courtney on talking about holiday christmas sales. i want to do a pre-christmas consumer check-up on their finances. i don't know if you remember. maybe you don't, unemployment a year ago, what was the number? >> a year ago we were -- >> like a point higher. >> 9%, .1%. most of the metrics you might care about appear to
first i want to look at sandy and katrina. because we were lucky, i made this chart before we went on. and turns out the estimate was exactly right. if you have that graphic, i don't know if you have that graphic. let's see if you have that graphic. i'm holding here for five, four, maybe not. what it shows is that there it is, that's katrina in the blue, and that's sandy in the green. you can see the pop there and it's come down. so another week of elevated jobless claims would be normal here....
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host: storm toll compared to katrina's. looking at the reaction in the aftermath of hurricane sandy vs 2005 katrina, which affected the last calller. he says the governor of new york laid out a request for a $30 billion in federal aid for his state. that is a starting point for stocks with the obama administration. -- starting point for talks with the obama administration. mayor michael bloomberg also expects to receive federal funds. plans to allocate $200 million in emergency capital funding to help schools. another 300,000,004 public hospitals. --another 30 billion for public hospitals. guest: 12 billion is the immediate aid we talked about. 30 billion is long-term projects. that would go to the small business administration, department of transportation that would give it out as creance for the local transportation projects. it would hope to make the subways less vulnerable. really is less vulnerable to these types of storm surges. bill roads that are better. these are the sorts of things be but does not traditionally p
host: storm toll compared to katrina's. looking at the reaction in the aftermath of hurricane sandy vs 2005 katrina, which affected the last calller. he says the governor of new york laid out a request for a $30 billion in federal aid for his state. that is a starting point for stocks with the obama administration. -- starting point for talks with the obama administration. mayor michael bloomberg also expects to receive federal funds. plans to allocate $200 million in emergency capital funding...
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but as police learned in katrina, disasters are prime territory for shady operators to steal cars. targeting older models that can be sold at junk yards without paperwork. 500 bucks a pop. >> actually, there's no writing on the truck. so i'm even more curious about this guy. >> reporter: we shadowed the new york police auto crime unit, spot-checking towers, making sure they're toeing the line. >> a truck that isn't marked, might not have the proper equipment on the truck, not proper documents, unlicensed drivers, not paperwork. >> reporter: at night it's often easier to get away with illegal tows. >> it's pitch black out here. you can't see anything. it's very dark. they can sneak in and out of neighborhoods. grab cars and leave. >> reporter: along the way we stop at this lot where a lot of tow trucks have dropped off their vehicles. you see the markings here? has to do with insurance company, and you can see the condensation that's still inside this car. over here, this suv, is filled with muck from the ocean. what a mess inside that engine. and this car still has water in the hea
but as police learned in katrina, disasters are prime territory for shady operators to steal cars. targeting older models that can be sold at junk yards without paperwork. 500 bucks a pop. >> actually, there's no writing on the truck. so i'm even more curious about this guy. >> reporter: we shadowed the new york police auto crime unit, spot-checking towers, making sure they're toeing the line. >> a truck that isn't marked, might not have the proper equipment on the truck, not...
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. >> we all remember, you know, after hurricane katrina, the fema trailers. do you think fema is doing a better job this time around, and it's just, as you said, because of the normality of the situation that there may be some criticism of the job that fema is doing? >> it's not my job -- my job is to think we always need to do more. and that's what i'm focused on. i think there's some things that have gone incredibly well. for example, the dewatering of the tunnels and the subways. over 475 million gallons of water were removed. i don't think anybody predicted it would be done this fast, given the sheer scale of it. the fema assistance that we've gotten on the ground, we have over half a billion dollars in the hands of survivors. and new york alone. but that's not enough. we know we've got to do more. there's a huge challenge for housing, because of the -- just the lack of available rental and hotel space. >> yeah. mr. burn, our deborah ferric talked to residents on staten island on thursday. let's listen. >> no government agency has shown up here to do anyt
. >> we all remember, you know, after hurricane katrina, the fema trailers. do you think fema is doing a better job this time around, and it's just, as you said, because of the normality of the situation that there may be some criticism of the job that fema is doing? >> it's not my job -- my job is to think we always need to do more. and that's what i'm focused on. i think there's some things that have gone incredibly well. for example, the dewatering of the tunnels and the subways....
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it hit a lot more people in terms 6 just the geographic area and not the katrina was small. it was 90 miles. >> there was a week warning to this. i understand -- we would love to have 7 days warning for an earthquake. they knew what strength it was going to be. the fact that the people on staten island are still waiting for generators. it's as though this was surprise but this is federal government at every single level when it's bloated and disconnected. people are told that they are going saved and then they are abandoned. staten island, pe packed up and left. >> heather: i have a different view and i know that fema is all over staten island. sometimes when people don't have anything. and you have insurance companies that aren't moving ahead as quickly as they should. fema's hands are tied. i'm not saying they are perfect but they have done i think a pretty good job. i'm glad government is there. >> heather: what can they do better next time? >> i think everyone would agree when a hurricane is going hit a certain particular coastal areas get the generators and get things p
it hit a lot more people in terms 6 just the geographic area and not the katrina was small. it was 90 miles. >> there was a week warning to this. i understand -- we would love to have 7 days warning for an earthquake. they knew what strength it was going to be. the fact that the people on staten island are still waiting for generators. it's as though this was surprise but this is federal government at every single level when it's bloated and disconnected. people are told that they are...
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. >> dave: right of course now they're talking about a bailout for fema, a bailout after katrina and never paid that back and whatever, 16 billion, the post office lost 16 billion. federal housing administration. >> neil: 16 billion. >> that's a common thing, 16 billion, 16 billion, the number later on. >> a combination. >> neil: and after 16, after 16. >> and listen, of course, they have to find places to stay, it was pretty tight, but it doesn't feel right. i use today stay at the soho grand and when i had more money before the first stock market crash and-- >> a very nice place. >> neil: adam, you clearly feel guilty >> well, because in fact, i stayed at the soho grand last month and i have tsay, i didn't think it was that plush, neil, actually and of course they have-- >> plush? >> that's a great place, man. >> and compared so the some of the other hotels at midtown. >> and hilton gardens inns and marriott residence inns and we're piling on fema which of course has problems and needs to be improved. and this is fun. it's a beautiful picture of the hotel. >> neil: you know, it doe
. >> dave: right of course now they're talking about a bailout for fema, a bailout after katrina and never paid that back and whatever, 16 billion, the post office lost 16 billion. federal housing administration. >> neil: 16 billion. >> that's a common thing, 16 billion, 16 billion, the number later on. >> a combination. >> neil: and after 16, after 16. >> and listen, of course, they have to find places to stay, it was pretty tight, but it doesn't feel right....
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the former director of fema who was forced to resign after hurricane katrina. on monday, he criticized the president. he said obama may have acted too quickly. [ laughter ] instead of taking the wait and do nothing approach that worked so well during katrina. that is an interesting point coming from a former fema director and current applebee's employee of the week. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] things seem to be getting back on track here in new york. limited subway service is scheduled to resume tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. the mta is letting people ride the bus for free, which -- [ cheers and applause ] very good news. people don't have to be anywhere any time soon. make no mistake. no bus ride in new york is ever free. there is always a price that will be paid. [ laughter ] mayor bloomberg announced that all cars coming into new york city via the bridge must have a minimum of three people in them. unless one of the people is very, very fat in which case, two people but no sodas. [ laughter ] to me, i think the best sign that we're recovering from the hurric
the former director of fema who was forced to resign after hurricane katrina. on monday, he criticized the president. he said obama may have acted too quickly. [ laughter ] instead of taking the wait and do nothing approach that worked so well during katrina. that is an interesting point coming from a former fema director and current applebee's employee of the week. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] things seem to be getting back on track here in new york. limited subway service is scheduled...
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it may rival katrina in terms of the need for recovery and infrastructure replacement as a result of that storm. fema has $12 billion in its account. if sequestration were to go through, the white house estimates that fema would lose about $878 million. at a time when fema emergency centers are being set up from rhode island all the way down to southern new jersey, these are centers where people who have lost their homes in some instances, lost their businesses, have lost equipment are now flooding into to try to get relief and help like any other natural disaster in the past. these are people who paid their taxes year in and year out and made sure that fema was there when the folks down in louisiana and mississippi were hit by katrina. fema is the agency which helps communities pay for police overtime, fire overtime, sanitation worker overtime. these are the folks that we always call on at times of emergency. yet sequestration, which this congress has failed to address, is now sitting out there really putting at risk the ability of fema to do its critical job. other programs which a
it may rival katrina in terms of the need for recovery and infrastructure replacement as a result of that storm. fema has $12 billion in its account. if sequestration were to go through, the white house estimates that fema would lose about $878 million. at a time when fema emergency centers are being set up from rhode island all the way down to southern new jersey, these are centers where people who have lost their homes in some instances, lost their businesses, have lost equipment are now...
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that's what they did in katrina. they borrowed up to $20 billion. they blew through 18 billion in katrina. they have 3 billion left and 2.9 billion left. that will go through so quickly in new york and new jersey we're running up to a he had did line here. melissa: when i hear them say they will run out of money does it make a difference? it is your money, my money our audience's money. it is taxpayer dollars. what difference does it make whether it comes from congress or fema? it must matter. >> it almost what fema is doing, microcosm what the federal government does. it prints it and goes into more deficit spending. that is what fema is doing. they don't have the money. they will not be able to pay back 18 billion they already owe. it is kind of fungible. it is all really the system but congress needs to address this. we can't keep on doing this. we can't keep on bailing out fema and saying everything will be fine. we'll plug a hole here or there. melissa: we don't want to leave people who need help. >> no. melissa: are they out of money because t
that's what they did in katrina. they borrowed up to $20 billion. they blew through 18 billion in katrina. they have 3 billion left and 2.9 billion left. that will go through so quickly in new york and new jersey we're running up to a he had did line here. melissa: when i hear them say they will run out of money does it make a difference? it is your money, my money our audience's money. it is taxpayer dollars. what difference does it make whether it comes from congress or fema? it must matter....
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katrina, there were big mistakes made. there was a tremendous amount of money that was wasted down there. they had a request for $10 billion, i supported that. then, they wanted $58 billion. i asked for the plans. i want to see the spreadsheet, i want to see the support documents. i want to see the adding machine tape. if it is not that, i want to see the dart board. i found out the next morning when i got the email, when joshua bolton gave me the plan. in that was included 300,000 trailer houses in the original plan, 270,000 of which were back ordered. there were plans for medications of future disasters. there were opportunists in the katrina disaster, and we know there was $1.4 billion of that that was wasted with duplicates social security numbers. that is something, and experience of us who were there with katrina. i am asking the governors of the state to submit to congress a complete plan on not only were these resources need to go, but what kind of protections are there so they go the right place. that gets me a lo
katrina, there were big mistakes made. there was a tremendous amount of money that was wasted down there. they had a request for $10 billion, i supported that. then, they wanted $58 billion. i asked for the plans. i want to see the spreadsheet, i want to see the support documents. i want to see the adding machine tape. if it is not that, i want to see the dart board. i found out the next morning when i got the email, when joshua bolton gave me the plan. in that was included 300,000 trailer...
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. >> how does this compare to katrina and 9/11? >> i work 9/11, logistically it was a recovery operation. logistically the scale is not a comparison. >> it is already a challenge to get garbage and debris and of the peninsula, certainly at long island and when the power gets back up. and the first file created here out of the dozen or so, we are seeing furniture basically personal items from households with a crane is working. >> the walls and mementos and photos, and sitting in these files. >> and white where a plants, the next island boardwalk. >> from the break -- >> the epa, whatever they checking for. and capturing chemicals, we have air monitoring going on with the health department. >> this is a hazardous waste site. >> being closely monitored, on the oversight. >> we have families trying to show up to retrieve personal items. >> people will come in and when they see the scope of what is going on they realize it is over. >> but this is what happens. we are saying on this story, giving live updates. back to you. dagen: terrif
. >> how does this compare to katrina and 9/11? >> i work 9/11, logistically it was a recovery operation. logistically the scale is not a comparison. >> it is already a challenge to get garbage and debris and of the peninsula, certainly at long island and when the power gets back up. and the first file created here out of the dozen or so, we are seeing furniture basically personal items from households with a crane is working. >> the walls and mementos and photos, and...
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we had katrina years ago. there are things that will disrupt the economy. 9/11 was an extraordinary case. but we have a very resilient economy. we've had one for hundreds of years. and the fact that they can't get along for the month of january is not going to torpedo the economy. >> so i want to make clear, he wants to see a deal made. but he says, you have to be willing to go past december 31st. if you need to, you have to make every attempt to reach a deal. but he says, quote, don't roll over and give away the store. he sees the president in his second term being able to hold a very hard line. bottom line, you know where he stands on taxes. he wants them much higher. >> talking about taxes, how much higher? >> that's the question, getting specifics. i asked him that on capital gains taxes, money made off of investment, but also on income taxes for regular people. take a listen. >> are you saying there's no taxation level that's too high? whether it's capital gains or investments or income? >> we certainly p
we had katrina years ago. there are things that will disrupt the economy. 9/11 was an extraordinary case. but we have a very resilient economy. we've had one for hundreds of years. and the fact that they can't get along for the month of january is not going to torpedo the economy. >> so i want to make clear, he wants to see a deal made. but he says, you have to be willing to go past december 31st. if you need to, you have to make every attempt to reach a deal. but he says, quote, don't...
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but this wouldn't be the first time the program received a bailout in 2005 following hurricane katrina. and in retail news, starbucks has a new caffeine addiction and it's tea. the coffee chain is buying teavana. the biggest acquisition ever. starbucks ceo schultz said the company will try to bring a starbuck-like experience to teavana. he said stores will be updated with a tea bar selling hot and cold drinks and plans to opening in more urban errors other than shopping malls where it currently has locations. >> thank you. >>> some of your favorite snacks and guilty pleasure foods could be just days away from rolling off the assembly line for the last time. hostess brand, which makes twinkies and the donettes will try to liquidate unless workers stop striking. employees hit the picket lines after court-ordered paycuts. they filed for chapter 11 in january. if the company does lick dade, operations could stop as soon as tuesday. my goodness gracious, life without twinkies. >>> get away from my car. get away from my car. >> that's not going to do it. there's a wild turkey out there attac
but this wouldn't be the first time the program received a bailout in 2005 following hurricane katrina. and in retail news, starbucks has a new caffeine addiction and it's tea. the coffee chain is buying teavana. the biggest acquisition ever. starbucks ceo schultz said the company will try to bring a starbuck-like experience to teavana. he said stores will be updated with a tea bar selling hot and cold drinks and plans to opening in more urban errors other than shopping malls where it currently...
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retired military -- told me that when he was coordinating the military relief efforts after hurricane katrina, he asked for a writer to shadow him, and they told him no that this is not the type of thing that is allowed. do you see anything that is inappropriate in her role here. >> if you are the justice department having to make a presidential decision about the unauthorized leak of classified information. paula broadwell was a reservist. you heard her mention that. as a reservist, she hilary clintons we're told, top secret compartmented information clearance, but that clearance is only in place, if you will, active when she's on reserve duty. clearly when she was embedded and getting ready as her biographer to write a book that, doesn't apply. unless david petraeus walked her in and -- if the general brings her into a room before there's a classified conversation, you really put the onus then on his suborder nants to raise the question of whether or not they can talk in front of her, and, of course, they're taking their signal from the general kwsh if he is bringing her in, it's implicit t
retired military -- told me that when he was coordinating the military relief efforts after hurricane katrina, he asked for a writer to shadow him, and they told him no that this is not the type of thing that is allowed. do you see anything that is inappropriate in her role here. >> if you are the justice department having to make a presidential decision about the unauthorized leak of classified information. paula broadwell was a reservist. you heard her mention that. as a reservist, she...
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obviously, the first step is reacting immediately to what has happened and then we will see like katrina, we will see the stories trickle in. we saw it seven years ago where a month from now, two months from now, we will see some of the scams, people taking advantage of the system, and that is the tragedy, a lot of money is going to be wasted and not go to the proper people and the proper resources. >>neil: we will watch it closely. in the meantime, it is his party, and he will invite who he wants and if you are a victorious president obama you will not invite who you do not want to. meet the guy who found out the hard way he can't come to the white house. and get this, he is just across the street from the white house. i talk a lot about one reverse mortgage. i thought this is the greatest way to explain it to people. what happened when you made that call? first of all, we had to clarify immediately that the house would be mine. what did the one reverse mortgage then do for you? well i can meet the expenses at the end of the month with no anxiety. trust me, it worked for me! [ henry ] c
obviously, the first step is reacting immediately to what has happened and then we will see like katrina, we will see the stories trickle in. we saw it seven years ago where a month from now, two months from now, we will see some of the scams, people taking advantage of the system, and that is the tragedy, a lot of money is going to be wasted and not go to the proper people and the proper resources. >>neil: we will watch it closely. in the meantime, it is his party, and he will invite who...
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the guys come from out of state, they say they have never seen anything like it many of them worked katrina, many worked -- spent extensive time repairing lines, never seen lack of maintenance, lack of management, lack of understanding. they called the situation the worst they have ever seen. that's why with many of these condition, tyler, being public, so important for investors to understand what could happen f this was a stock this would be at zero now. zero. >> the management would be out of there today. they would be done? >> correct. >> talk about another guy that you met a major player on wall street and his experience. again, here we are, new york city, parts of downtown, 55 water street, major building downtown still without power. we actually ran into a gentleman in the local deli here, a great place everybody goes to he was in there for the free wifi because he lives in old west bury, works in downtown manhattan, actually in there i think we have a picture of him, there he is, basically having to access online and do his job from there. again, much of the national media has left
the guys come from out of state, they say they have never seen anything like it many of them worked katrina, many worked -- spent extensive time repairing lines, never seen lack of maintenance, lack of management, lack of understanding. they called the situation the worst they have ever seen. that's why with many of these condition, tyler, being public, so important for investors to understand what could happen f this was a stock this would be at zero now. zero. >> the management would be...
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earthquakes, where we had the katrina catastrophe in the southern states. and it's about time, would the senator agree with me, that we look at what it is that's creating the frequency and ferocity of these storms? they're accelerated in almost geometric terms. this is a good reminder, hey, get off the stick, get on the job. and i commend the senator from florida for his splendid victory. we knew you were coming home. we just wanted to make sure you had a nice reception. mr. nelson: to the senator, thanks for his big heart, especially his big hard toward his people. mr. president, i -- his big heart toward his people. i want to make a few comments before the chairman of the judiciary committee addresses the senate. and i'm very happy that he's here because he knows about what i'm going to talk about, which is the attempts at suppressing the vote in the state of florida done a year and a half ago by the state legislature and the governor. they did a number of things to try to suppress the vote. the first thing they did was to make it much more difficult to r
earthquakes, where we had the katrina catastrophe in the southern states. and it's about time, would the senator agree with me, that we look at what it is that's creating the frequency and ferocity of these storms? they're accelerated in almost geometric terms. this is a good reminder, hey, get off the stick, get on the job. and i commend the senator from florida for his splendid victory. we knew you were coming home. we just wanted to make sure you had a nice reception. mr. nelson: to the...
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we want to prevent medical and psychological problems going forward, better than we saw with katrina. jenna: good to have you checking things out and making sure the folks are okay. dr. siegel thank you so much. we'll be right back with more "happening now." [ male announcer ] this is anna, her long day teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. flavor boost, meet beef. it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ open enrollment ends dember 7th. so now's the time. visit care.gov or call 1-800-medica
we want to prevent medical and psychological problems going forward, better than we saw with katrina. jenna: good to have you checking things out and making sure the folks are okay. dr. siegel thank you so much. we'll be right back with more "happening now." [ male announcer ] this is anna, her long day teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two...